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Contact:
Richard R. Troxell, Chairman
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Universal
Living Wage Campaign
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(512)796-4366
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(512)447-3940
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| The following document is a resolution crafted for organizations who wish to express their support for the concept of a Universal Living Wage. Stand up and be heard as a group! Print this resolution, sign it, and mail it to Universal Living Wage. We want to hear from you! |
| Whereas, according to the last two Conference of Mayors reports, the federal minimum wage is insufficient to afford anyone housing in any major city in America, and |
| Whereas, there are 10.1 million minimum wage workers in the United States, and |
| Whereas, The 2000 Conference of Mayors Report described the minimum wage as the most significant contributing factor of homelessness today and, |
| Whereas, there are 2 million homeless citizens in this country, and |
| Whereas, homeless, minimum wage workers have (for no other reason than because they are homeless), become the specific targets of hate crimes, and |
| Whereas, their ability to work themselves off the streets of America would remove them as targets of these hate crimes, and |
| Whereas, there is no single minimum wage dollar amount that can simultaneously satisfy the need to house minimum wage workers in some cities while not damaging small businesses in other cities, and |
| Whereas, a Universal Living Wage Formula has been crafted by House The Homeless, Inc. of Austin, Texas, which is related to the local cost of housing throughout the United States and ensures that any forty hour a week, minimum wage worker, can afford housing, and |
| Whereas, the Universal Living Wage Formula as devised by House the Homeless, Inc. can end homelessness for fully one-third of America’s homeless citizens and prevent homelessness for all minimum wage workers, therefore, |
| Be It Resolved, that _________________________________________________________, located at ___________________________________________in the city of __________________________ and the state of _________________________ hereby endorses and fully supports the adjustment of the federal minimum wage with the Universal Living Wage Formula which ensures that a 40 hour a week, minimum wage worker, can afford at least an efficiency apartment anywhere in the United of States while not spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Furthermore, be it resolved that _______________________________________ strongly recommends a similar endorsement by their national organization. |
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Organization contact person:________________________________ telephone #:__________________________ e-mail:______________________________ |
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